591, A bust of Cleopatra, full-faced, bare-breasted, with a
vulture headdress, holding a snake. Very high relief.
- Record Number: 40004899
- Sub-database: Marlborough
- Reference Number: 591
- Material of Original Gem: Onyx
- Description: A bust of Cleopatra, full-faced, bare-breasted, with a
vulture headdress, holding a snake. Very high relief.
- Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
- Previous Collections:
- Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 367
- Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 591
- Shape: Cameo
- Size: 18x15
- Comments: Set in a mount with inset stones; mount 25x20.
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